Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Luocheng was fearless because he had nothing to lose.
You wouldn’t have cared less when you were already at the bottom of society. Those above you were the ones who would hold more concern than you do.
So what if you had shattered your glass provocatively in front of everyone? So what if you had said “F*ck you all!” to their faces?
At best, they would only scowl and scold you back. Some may even try to play it macho and act like he wanted to punch you. But at the end of the day, Luocheng stood firm and no one dared to take a step forward.
‘You wanna fight?’
He was a cyber café regular after all, a guy who had seen the worst in the real world and was not going to be intimidated by a group of cowards who only knew how to babble.
Luocheng had made a pact with his old man, that he would be an obedient student and barricade himself from cyber cafés, bad influences, and fights, but he realized that sometimes, a good student was just for show, much like those around him now. Underneath their shiny outfits were rotten scum that you wished to land a punch on.
He didn’t care about the Student Union or the Student Representative Council, those little shits meant nothing to him. He had even punched a nauseating foreigner before and he was not afraid to do the same thing here.
***
“What’s happening?” The voice of a serious woman came in from outside.
Luocheng was waiting. He had even placed his right hand on an empty bottle, preparing to K.O. anyone brave enough to lunge at him.
He might have thrown a glass at a person’s face in the past. His aggression was considered tamed now.
The situation was defused after the lady’s voice was heard.
“Oh, it’s Ms. Xu, you must have accompanied Yu Yu here.” Hualong was the first to react and he put on a smile hastily.
If a fight had broken out without being seen by the teacher, then it would have just been a matter among the students.
But if they were to fight in the presence of a teacher, then both sides would be penalized for sure.
After all, those involved were considered learning models of the university, and they would face heavy consequences if they were being disciplined for fighting. Thus, both the hot-tempered presidents of the basketball and football clubs were suddenly confounded and didn’t know how to react.
“I am asking, what’s the matter?” Ms. Xu’s voice was getting sterner.
The glass shards on the ground and the tense atmosphere inside the room indicated that they were about to launch a fight.
“You there, what are you trying to do?” Ms. Xu pointed at Luocheng.
The few presidents had an idea after seeing that Ms. Xu was questioning Luocheng. They would put the blame on Luocheng and accuse him of threatening the members inside the room, there was no way he could excuse himself this time!
However, before they could point their fingers at Luocheng, the latter looked at Ms. Yu and explained calmly, “My glass just slipped out of my hand. These lads here were scared that the shard might hurt the ladies, so they rushed up to protect the girls like gentlemen.”
“Your glass slipped and somehow managed to reach the wall??” Ms. Xu questioned angrily.
The stain of red wine had splashed across the wall, and the glass was obviously shattered outward from there. Ms. Xu was not a moron, she could tell it had been smashed against the wall by someone to provoke a fight.
“When it dropped, I tried to demonstrate my great soccer skills in front of the girls. I thought I might be able to kick it up and hold it, but in the end, my skills were as poor as those from the football club. That’s how the glass ended up on the wall,” Luocheng explained, never losing his calm.
The president of the football club twitched his lips a little. ‘You b*stard! Could you be any more shameless?’
“Zhao Hualong, is he telling the truth?” Ms. Xu turned her gaze toward the student representative.
“Yes, it was just an accident. Luocheng was just being too careless, please be more mindful. What if you accidentally hurt the ladies?” Hualong nodded.
“Zhao…”
Linfeng and Lee Peng were beaten, and they wondered why the student representative had stood by Luocheng instead of them.
Hualong tried to give them a hint and signaled them not to aggravate the situation. He then looked at Yu Yu who stood beside Ms. Xu.
This dinner had been set up for her. Everybody would be a loser if this was screwed up. After all, she was a student that the dean had endorsed personally, and if she reflected today’s situation to the dean and complained about Shanghai University’s unhealthy culture, the dean would not think twice to expel all of them.
Hualong understood that aggravating the situation would only make matters worse for them.
“If that’s the case, then sit down. Ask the waitress to clean up the mess,” Ms. Xu walked in and snorted while glancing at Luocheng.
Luocheng ignored her and hauled the drunken Yang Ying up from his seat, stating coolly, “We have had enough. Go ahead and enjoy yourselves.”
‘I doubt anyone has any appetite after what has happened, Ms. Xu.’
Luocheng did not look back and left the room with Yang Ying.
***
Feifei was disturbed to see Luocheng leaving in such a state, and she stood up, wanting to see whether he needed any help. They were classmates after all, and besides, she loathed the behavior of those presidents and didn’t want to stay in the same room with them.
But just as she stood up, she was surprised to notice tonight’s main guest—the girl in a white sweatshirt—following Luocheng out of the room without saying a word.
They could only faintly hear the girl call out “brother” as she paced out of the room.
Ms. Xu was baffled too. She didn’t understand why Yu Yu had run away with the bad tempered freshman. All of a sudden, the atmosphere inside the dining room became extremely awkward.
***
“Yu… Luocheng… Well done! For what you have done today, I officially announce you as my brother-in-law!”
Yang Ying gave Luocheng a big thumbs up despite having difficulty in walking properly. Red wine, white wine, and beer, were all jumbled up inside his belly. It refluxed back to his throat from time to time and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
But seeing Luocheng’s courageous act just now, he couldn’t have been prouder!
‘Hahaha, I have wanted to do so a long time ago. Just a horde of barking dogs! Pfft!’
Luocheng escorted Yang Ying back to the entrance where Jinbei was already waiting to take over.
“What happened? Weren’t you two having dinner with the other clubs tonight?” Jinbei asked.
“We fell out with them. You’d better send Yang Ying back first,” Luocheng didn’t elaborate much.
Jinbei knew something complicated must have happened judging by how drunk Yang Ying was, and he didn’t pry further and supported Yang Ying back to his dorm.
Before he left, Jinbei glimpsed the girl trailing behind Luocheng.
She looked familiar but he was sensitive enough to leave them alone.
***
“Brother,” Yu Yu had followed Luocheng all the way back to the university. She wished to ask but dared not to after seeing Luocheng’s fuming mad face.
“Why are you following me? They are holding a welcome party specifically for you. You should be there, not here,” Luocheng looked at her.
“If you don’t like them, I refuse to befriend them as well,” Yu Yu answered.
Yu Yu put up a smile after she saw Luocheng’s face brighten up a little. She hugged his arm and shook it. “Stop being mad. Why don’t we go to the dean and file a complaint against them?”
“That would not be necessary, it was just a small matter. Hey, stop doing that, a lot of people are watching!” Luocheng retracted his hand. It was inappropriate to be hugged by Yu Yu this publicly.
“Don’t mind them. You are not anyone but my brother.” Yu Yu retorted, being the queen she was.
***
“Eh, isn’t that the swimming goddess of our university?”
“I think so. Oh my god. She has only been here one day and has already gotten hooked by someone?”
“Hmph, don’t let me figure out who that guy is.”
Almost every student that passed by them would throw them a strange look.
Luocheng wished he could just put up a notice board to tell those unfriendly onlookers, ‘What’cha looking at? We’re just siblings!’
